diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json b/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json
index dc7c51310..4091e61a2 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "lookpath": "^1.1.0",
     "node-html-parser": "^3.1.3",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
-    "shell-quote": "^1.7.2"
+    "shell-quote": "^1.7.2",
+    "tree-kill": "^1.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@electron-forge/cli": "6.0.0-beta.54",
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/models/session.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/models/session.js
index a59316f7f..e3deb4d1a 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/models/session.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/models/session.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-const { spawnAsyncJSONPromise } = require('../helpers/spawn-promise.js');
+const treeKill = require('tree-kill');
 const sanitizer = require('../utils/sanitizer.js');
+const { isWindows } = require('../helpers/platform.js');
+const { spawnAsyncJSONPromise } = require('../helpers/spawn-promise.js');
 
 class Session {
   #id;
@@ -60,10 +62,18 @@ class Session {
    */
   stop() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      debugger;
       if (this.isRunning) {
         this.#process.on('close', () => resolve());
         this.#process.on('error', (e) => reject(e));
-        this.#process.kill();
+        /**
+         * On Windows OS, a spawned process uses cmd.exe to initiate a session.
+         * Hence, captured process.pid corresponds to cmd.exe instead of session.
+         * To avoid orphaned session processes and due to lack of node support
+         * to handle killing processes cleanly in this scenario,
+         * kill entire dependent process tree on Windows.
+         */
+        isWindows() ? treeKill(this.#process.pid) : this.#process.kill();
       } else {
         // Do nothing when process isn't running
         resolve();
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock b/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock
index 3cc17e24f..03995b2ed 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock
@@ -3590,6 +3590,11 @@ tough-cookie@~2.5.0:
     psl "^1.1.28"
     punycode "^2.1.1"
 
+tree-kill@^1.2.2:
+  version "1.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tree-kill/-/tree-kill-1.2.2.tgz#4ca09a9092c88b73a7cdc5e8a01b507b0790a0cc"
+  integrity sha512-L0Orpi8qGpRG//Nd+H90vFB+3iHnue1zSSGmNOOCh1GLJ7rUKVwV2HvijphGQS2UmhUZewS9VgvxYIdgr+fG1A==
+
 trim-newlines@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/trim-newlines/-/trim-newlines-1.0.0.tgz#5887966bb582a4503a41eb524f7d35011815a613"